Wasankar Scam : Ex-minister, corporate in EOW’s net!

Nagpur: More high profile beneficiaries are started to tumble out of the multi-crore Wasankar Investment Scam that duped hundreds of people. As Justice Suryawanshi of Special Court of MPID (Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act) acted tough on the incident,...

Excise Deptt seizes huge cache of illicit liquor from Mahal area

Nagpur: Even as the entire nation including Nagpur city is observing October 2, 2015 as Gandhi Jayanti, which also happens to be a declared ‘Dry Day’, the officials of the State Excise Department raided the house...

BJP celebrates Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, gives ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign a boost

Nagpur: The City Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on October 2 celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary at Variety Square. The party linked the ‘Beti Bachao’ Campaign to the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Women’s Wing of the party organized...

Umesh Yadav slams ton in Ranji Trophy for Vidarbha in Nagpur

Nagpur: India's quest to resolve the much-debated bowling all-rounder conundrum seemed to have found an answer with Umesh Yadav scoring a blistering century for Vidarbha in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Odisha at Nagpur on Friday. The 25-year-old right-arm...

Encouraging the addicts to quit alcohol will ensure automatic ban on liquor

Nagpur: The office-bearers of Swamini Darubandi Abhiyan, Yavatmal and Astitva Sanghatana, Buldhana had addressed a press meet to inform the media of their endeavour to demand liquor ban in Yavatmal and Buldhana. While addressing the media personnel,...

3-Day Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram All India Meet inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor

Nagpur: A three-day All India Conference is being conducted at Hedgewar Smruti Sabhagruha. The 2nd October 2015, Friday saw the inaugural function of the event. The conference was inaugurated by Governor of Maharashtra, C Vidyasagar Rao...

Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti resets its agitational movement

Nagpur: Repeatedly failing to succeed in its earlier attempts, the Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti (VRAS) is once again getting prepared to stage agitations afresh. The revised agitation this time includes the issue of electricity in its...

Luxury car climbs over road divider in Civil Lines, no one hurt

Nagpur: The serene and peaceful track near Axis Bank in Civil Lines on Friday turned curious. A black-coloured luxury car jumped the smooth, shining road and climbed atop the divider in an alarming way. The unidentified...

Nagpur City Congress pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary

Nagpur: Congress leaders on Friday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary in Nagpur . On this occasion, city congress president Vikas Thakery and other leaders paid  floral tribute at his memorial in Variety square. Former Minister,...

Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize for Nagpur Collector Sachin Kurve

Nagpur: Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize, which is given away by Minority Commission of Maharashtra Government every year for excellent works done by citizens and incumbents of administrative services in terms of maintenance of peace and communal...

Speeding car kills boy, injures two others on Wardha Road

Nagpur: A young boy was killed and his two friends injured when the Activa they were riding was rammed by a rashly driven car on Nagpur-Wardha Road on Thursday. The tragedy occurred exactly at 0000 hours in the...

Kidnapping of four more kids jolts cops, sends tremors across city

• The four minor children – two girls and two boys – have gone missing taking the figure to ten within 72 hours.

Swachh Futala: Mission Accomplished

Headquarters Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur launched “Swachh Abhiyan” clieanliness drive campaign at the Futala Lake, a prominent land mark of the city, on 02 Oct 2015. The event was organised in consonance with the mandate of...

Nagpur police volleyball player dies of heart attack while playing in Melghat

Nagpur News: A young volleyball player employed in Nagpur police died of a massive heart attack while playing at the ground in village Borikheda in Melghat near here. Kishore Shankar Patel, 24, collapsed on the spot as he jumped up to...

Beneficiary of Prashant Wasankar from Mumbai attempts to dupe Nagpur Crime Branch

Nagpur: In what could be regarded as brow-beating, one of the beneficiaries of Prashant Wasankar whom the Investigation Officer (IO) of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Nagpur Crime Branch had traced out had come to Nagpur...

Truckers’ nation-wide strike begins, 5000 vehicles go off road in city

Nagpur: A nation-wide strike called by truck operators to protest toll tax and TDS began from Thursday. Around 5000 truckers from Nagpur participated in the strike. According to the truck operators, the strike will continue until the Government...

‘Never before did any Govt encourage Panchayat Raj’: Nilangekar Patil

• Previous government did not allow PRS inspections for the fear of exposure of corruption.
• Functioning of Nagpur ZP better than Pune ZP

Ex-servicemen in Nagpur find holes in OROP implementation, term it as a trap

Mega Melawa of veterans, organized by Nagpur Division of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement to discuss shortcomings in OROP threadbare, to be held in city on October 4. Nagpur: Has the Central Government’s announcement on implementation of One Rank One Pension...

District Court cancels bail bond of Sumit Thakur in MCOCA case

Court issues non-bailable arrest warrant against him  Nagpur: One of the ill-famous accused Sumit Thakur charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) in many other sensational cases of serious nature and who was...

Former MLA Ashok Dhawad booked for abusing and threatening a lawyer

Nagpur: In a development that could trigger hot political debate, Dhantoli police have booked former MLA and Chairman of Navodaya Bank Ashok Dhawad on the charges of hurling abuses and threatening a member of the bank. The...